Travel Blogs from Tavira

Hello again, After I published the first blog of today I noticed my heading was wrong. Sometimes the computer changes a word to what it thinks I meant and I neglected to proof read my entry. So the title has been changed to what it should have been in the first place! So only a couple of photos taken a couple of weeks ago and I just never included them before. So again, Happy New Year, Adventure ...

... went to an interesting archeology museum that was really built around a Roman well. The well was quite remarkable and was the water supply for the castle at one time. Some of these towns have so much history. Silves was originally Roman, then came the Moors who had a big influence. So many of the neighboring town names start with AL that is because of the Moors. The Moors were sent back to Spain at some point and then I guess it ...

... they must have dragged the boats up, now there is a big tractor that pulls the boats out of the water onto the beach and then returns them to the sea after the catch is uploaded. A short entry today, but I still hope you enjoy it. My best, Adventure ...

... home stuck fast behind us, all we could do was to wait for the rain to stop. Afterwards the very apologetic Spanish owner who hadn't shut the gate to the camp site (the idiot) informed us that a tractor was on its way. Pedro and son bounced through the gates on a chunky blue tractor, very amused by the lopsided motor homes and us drinking tea from our PG tip mugs. And after the usual Spanglish banter; they hitched us up and freed both motor homes from the ...

... she has told us to turn onto some dubious country roads that made our trip more adventurous than necessary. We think Adele may have had one too many pints in the pub!

But despite Adele’s mishaps we made it to Lagos one of the furthest towns on the Algarve coastline. The Algarve coastline is a famous resort area running for about a hundred miles at the southern end of Portugal. Lagos is an attractive seaside town with the famous high cliff, cove beaches, emerald ...